Complete
00:00:00
7 9 16 17 20 22 1 12 13 2 18 3 10 23 8 11 21 4 14 19 5 15 6
  1. 1a Person from the Middle East (6)
  2. 4a Sour Mediterranean spice (5)
  3. 7a Star system (6)
  4. 8a Devour (6)
  5. 9a Volcano (4)
  6. 10a Boisterous party (8)
  7. 12a Dark sour liquid (4,7)
  8. 17a Raider (8)
  9. 19a Indian set of notes (4)
  10. 20a Notice of parking offence (6)
  11. 21a Tiny ad (anag.) (6)
  12. 22a Clingy and desperate (5)
  13. 23a Line in Anglo-Saxon, say (6)
  14. 1d ___ theory (physics) (7)
  15. 2d Toil (7)
  16. 3d Northern capital (9)
  17. 4d Firework (5)
  18. 5d Folk dance (7)
  19. 6d Bright (6)
  20. 11d Helpmate (3,6)
  21. 13d Newsreader’s aid (7)
  22. 14d Embellishment (7)
  23. 15d Cool and left-wing (5-2)
  24. 16d Loose (6)
  25. 18d Like toffee? (5)